Boy
Heath
As a boy's name, Heath is understood to mean "heathland, moor". It is not as common as it was in the 1970s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 27,780 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
Old EnglishOld English
EtymologyMeaning "heathland, moor"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
45
1920s
83
1930s
40
1940s
62
1950s
57
1960s
2,107
1970s
10,911
1980s
6,589
1990s
3,228
2000s
2,634
2010s
2,024
Peaked in the 1970s · 27,780 total U.S. births since 1900